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Published: 2018-02-13 16:41:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 1145; Favourites: 54; Downloads: 0
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I've wanted to do a series of horse myth vignettes for a while--then I decided to punish myself and start with the eight-legged Sleipnir (still not as bad as Uchchaihshravas). Then, because that wasn't a poor enough decision, I decided to try to do that with an old set of prismacolor markers that I've had since high school.I seem to enjoy making things difficult.
Prismacolor markers and pencils, and a smidge of micron, on smooth bristol.
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Very nicely done!
I've never been able to bring myself to use markers for art - I haven't quite gotten over the all-too-frequent betrayal of my Crayola markers in grade school which would always give out halfway through colouring something lol
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LOL I now have to go fishing desperately for some working ones in storage when a 30-kid class tells me "the blues are all out."
Always the damn blues.
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lol yes, always the blue ones (and the red ones and the black ones)
I think yellow and orange were the only ones that lasted lol
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Truly. Did you know that you can repurpose the color by soaking "dry" markers in rubbing alcohol? Makes for cheap color washes. Really something I would only hand kids to mess with, still satisfying to drain the markers like a color vampire.
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I'd heard something about that, but I don't have any markers left to try it out with 
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Equines and Corvids of any type are very worthy subjects and you do just fine rendering them. Personally; I think the commentary associated with this image indicates someone who may just be a bit hard on themselves... People doing Art and Science need not feel too bad. I know I don't.
Best regards
R.K.
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I have a very dry, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor. It is not intended to put myself down (actually I'm a very prideful person and could probably use a smidge more humility), it's just a little snark designed to give anyone who has ever worked with these markers a bit of a laugh--maybe we don't actually hate ourselves, but there is something masochistic about drawing an eight-legged horse with markers.
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I'm kind of "old-school" I guess... But I'll get "Snarky" yet.
Rendering with markers? I'm still trying to master the pen...
Best regards,
R.K.
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